Re: multiboot2: variable data size

From:

Hollis Blanchard

Subject:

Re: multiboot2: variable data size

Date:

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:09:30 -0600

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 12:55 -0800, Joe Bonasera wrote:
> If grub2 really needs to make the
> format/content variant, I would much rather see it vary based on the
> target OS type. Or better yet, just always use the larger size data
> types/content - even for 32 bit booting.
I agree; I think experience has shown that not changing the data size at
all is the best solution. That will also simplify the GRUB
implementation, and I will make that change (to code and spec) soon.
-Hollis